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Aquarion: Season 1, Part 1

3 Ratings: 1.3

Anime & Manga movie

ThemechaadventureAquarion(2005) boasts an impressive pedigree: director/co-writer Shoji Kawamori created theEscaflowneseries; composer Yoko Kanno did the score forCowboy Bebop. After 12,000 years of slumber, the beings known as Shadow Angels are attacking … see full wiki

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Genre: Animation

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review by JRider. April 11, 2009

Modern Giant Robot Anime with the Flavor of Yesteryear

With titles such as Macross Plus and Escaflowne to his credit, it really comes as no surprise that mere mention of the name Shoji Kawamori stirs up excitement in mecha anime lovers such as myself. His latest creation, Aquarion, is the culmination of lessons learned from his previous endeavors coupled to the charm of a simpler time in animation. The plot, while not overly complex nor edited to appear more complicated than necessary, combines just the right elements of solid story telling to make … more

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review by TechDiva. June 19, 2008

Didn't enjoy this much, you may like it if you enjoy giant transforming robot stories.

Although I am not an anime fan I had once watched an anime series created by Shoji Kawamori which led me to order this set as Kawamori has also created this series. However, this was not at all interesting for me - very confusing story line and many characters but not one could hold my interest. Transforming robots are really not my cup of tea! Maybe it gets better towards the latter part of the series but I will never find out as I could not watch it past the first 3 episodes.

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review by KevinTRod. April 24, 2008

posted in Movie Hype

The Great One Has Fallen

"Aquarion" is a strange, strange show to have to review. Here is a new show from anime master Shoji Kawamori, who created the very popular series "The Vision of Escaflowne." Escaflowne is a classic. Not only is it considered by many to be one of the best animes ever created, I consider it to be one of the greatest SHOWS to ever air! Since then though, old Kawamori has been struggling to find his high again. "Earth Girl Arjuna" and "Spring and Chaos" were fine shows, but they still fell short of … more

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